Survey Shows Many in Van Nuys Unprepared For Disaster
By Barbara Lewis, Special to the Van Nuys News Press A recent emergency preparedness survey shows that many in the Van Nuys area are unprepared for an emergency. The survey…
5th Annual Mile of Quarters
Update: $36,000 raised equaling 63,000 quarters. Local families and community members joined the Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley for its 5th Annual Mile of Quarters at the…
Volunteers Remove Close to 600,000 Pounds of Trash
California Coastal Cleanup Day Presented by the California Coastal Commission Results with 80% of cleanup sites reporting Californians have turned out by the tens of thousands to lend their hands…
Missing Person Melvin Gelfand
The family of Melvin Gelfand and the Los Angeles Police Department are asking for the public’s help in finding Gelfand. On September 14, 2011, at about 8 a.m., Gelfand was…
Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation Raises Sewer Fee
Our city officials want to increase the Bureau of Sanitation sewer service charge fee by 40%. The last time these fees were increased was Mar 1 2005 $2.49, July 1…
Google Places, Where Crooked Businesses Take Over
For years I’ve worked on local search with my efforts on Google Places usually spearheading the campaigns. It would seem that my listing for Van Nuys Bail Bonds would be…
What Is The Van Nuys Community Police Advisory Board
The Community Police Advisory Board (C-PAB) is a group of volunteers who live or work in the Van Nuys Area, comprised of the following neighborhoods: Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys, Valley…
Quotes Of The Week 9-12-11
Quotations from the Republican presidential candidates who met at the Ronald Reagan presidential library in Simi Valley last Wednesday: ~ “Well, I do agree that there is — the science…
Facts of the Week 9-12-11
~ A moth has no stomach. ~ In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves. ~ Crocodiles were around before…
Poem of the Week 9-12-11
If I Ran the Zoo By Dr Seuss “And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Ka-Troo And Bring Back an IT-KUTCH a PREEP and a PROO a NERKLE…